Who is Mom McGrath?
My name is Terrianne McGrath. I have loved and befriended animals all my life. Luckily, my parents were animal lovers too. I was that kid who came home with an animal in my arms, without a place to put them. My father worked in construction, and on several occasions, he would whip up an elaborate hutch—or even a hutch with a steel run attached—before my mom returned home from work. I was very responsible in caring for all of my animals, so my parents knew they wouldn’t end up taking on the responsibility themselves.
As a kid, I would talk to my animals when my friends weren’t around and I had no one else to play with. I guess that’s where my communication with animals began, though unknowingly. When people asked, “What superpower would you choose if you could have anything?” I always said, “I want to talk to animals.” It never occurred to me that my wish might actually come true—I didn’t even know animal communication existed! Looking back, though, I can see I had been communicating with my animals all along, but I just didn’t realize it. I thought everyone had the same kind of relationship with their animals.
Fast forward to one special day: a weekend I’d signed up for a Healing Touch for Animals live workshop where we interacted with dogs on Saturday and horses on Sunday. Originally, I had only signed up for the day with dogs, but the founder of the organization asked if I planned to participate the following day too. I told her I hadn’t planned on it, but she encouraged me to join. She told me she had been watching how the dogs reacted to me and seemed drawn to me. So, I signed up for the next day.
That Sunday with the horses changed my life! I was working with a partner on a male Quarter Horse. While I was massaging his right shoulder, I clearly heard a male voice say, “Don’t worry about this side, it’s the other side that hurts.” I was flabbergasted. I asked my partner, “Hey, this horse just talked to me. Did you hear it?” Without skipping a beat, she replied, “No, but go ahead and massage the other side, then.” It was cool—and a bit weird at the same time.
My next and final encounter that day marked the beginning of my purpose and my pursuit of animal communication. The class moved on to work with some horses in their paddocks. Each student was assigned a horse, but immediately after we entered one particular horse’s paddock, he became extremely agitated. For safety, the students had to leave. The instructor asked if anyone wanted to work with the horse from outside his enclosure. I jumped at the chance, not knowing what, exactly, I had to offer. I stood outside the paddock, watching the gorgeous horse pacing back and forth, still highly agitated. I began sending calming, safe energy to him over and over. Before I knew it, he was circling his paddock completely relaxed, brushing against me each time he passed. The transformation was incredible. When our “session” ended, I turned around to see the class behind me, staring with their mouths open—it was that magical. I went inside his paddock, and we exchanged pleasantries. That was the exact moment I knew I was meant to be an animal communicator.
